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Harvey Birdman
You know, I wonder if the internet existed en masse when Jaws was released, would people be as "omgneedtoknow" about the shark as they are about Cloverfield's monster?
I kind of feel bad for the filmmakers (though they did bring this on themselves a bit) because chances are there's no way their monster is going to be as awesome as every little internet geek boy and girl has embellished it as being in their heads.
I forgot to mention that I picked up Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law for the Nintendo Wii this week. Last month, I purchased one of the Ace Attorney games because I had never played one and needed something to compare Harvey to...well, so far (and I'm not very far in either, actually) I like Harvey better. They share a very similar structure, though the way they're handled are very different.
For one, Harvey plays like an episode of the TV show, complete with cutscenes voiced by the same actors and all the usual trimmings. Fans of the show will enjoy the game. It's of close-to-the-same caliber as the show (written by writers of the show) but there are some things that are missing. The hammer falls as jump cuts (does that make sense?) are here, but they lack the music zing and the "WHIPPA!" Lots of characters are showing up, so it works great.
One thing, though, is that the game kind of lacks the neurotic feel of the show; you know, where characters pop in and out, say things, act incredibly random, etc. That feeling is kind of missing right now. It could change...I've only finished one of the five trials and it was a short tutorial.
I'm going to hold my opinion on the difficulty. The first mission was too easy, but we'll see; it was the tutorial after all.
I kind of feel bad for the filmmakers (though they did bring this on themselves a bit) because chances are there's no way their monster is going to be as awesome as every little internet geek boy and girl has embellished it as being in their heads.
I forgot to mention that I picked up Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law for the Nintendo Wii this week. Last month, I purchased one of the Ace Attorney games because I had never played one and needed something to compare Harvey to...well, so far (and I'm not very far in either, actually) I like Harvey better. They share a very similar structure, though the way they're handled are very different.
For one, Harvey plays like an episode of the TV show, complete with cutscenes voiced by the same actors and all the usual trimmings. Fans of the show will enjoy the game. It's of close-to-the-same caliber as the show (written by writers of the show) but there are some things that are missing. The hammer falls as jump cuts (does that make sense?) are here, but they lack the music zing and the "WHIPPA!" Lots of characters are showing up, so it works great.
One thing, though, is that the game kind of lacks the neurotic feel of the show; you know, where characters pop in and out, say things, act incredibly random, etc. That feeling is kind of missing right now. It could change...I've only finished one of the five trials and it was a short tutorial.
I'm going to hold my opinion on the difficulty. The first mission was too easy, but we'll see; it was the tutorial after all.